Emma Watson films Perks of Being a Wallflower

Harry Potter star Emma Watson is following up her iconic Hermione Granger role with the coming-of-age film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on the bestselling book by Stephen Chbosky. Ms. Watson plays Sam, the crush of the titular Wallflower, played by Logan Lerman. And the first photos have emerged from the set courtesy of Logan Lerman’s latest Twitpics. See them below!

Twenty-one-year-old Emma Watson has been hard at work on the Pittsburgh set of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and recently took a break to attend the MTV Movie Awards in LA. She told MTV that she was “having the time of my life” while tackling her latest role and that she was “very, very excited” about the upcoming movie.

“It’s so funny because I never thought I’d make another sort of high school-esque movie,” Emma Watson confessed to MTV. “And here I am in this coming-of-age, American teen [movie], but it’s very witty, and it’s very funny and it’s very moving.”

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is expected in theaters in 2012 and also stars Nina Dobrev, Mae Whitman, Paul Rudd and Kate Walsh. See Logan Lerman’s Twitpics below, as well as a video of Emma chatting to MTV about her newest project.